Tracker (2024) s03e13 Episode Script
Breakaway
1
[GRUNTING]
No!
Cut. Damn it.
- We didn't get the shot.
- [BELL RINGING]
I told you he has to fall
out of the frame.
You can't track him to the pad.
Let's do it again.
No, man. Give me a second.
Uh, hey, Rip,
you good to go again or not?
No, not with this pad.
It's too hard. It's
[SIGHS] It's too old.
I'm not doing this again, bro.
- Hey, you said he was a pro.
- Yeah, let me see what I can do.
Yeah, just get him back or after
this week you're both done.
Yeah.
Rip.
Oh, my God.
♪
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Randy, what do you got?
Yo, Colt Seavers.
Fall Guy.
You know it. See?
I knew you would, too. Lee Majors, baby.
Listen, I'm just calling to see
if you're digging that job
that I sent you.
Missing stuntman.
Yeah. Hale Ripley.
Listen, I'm kind of
a big fan of this guy.
He's one of the first Black stuntmen
to make it out of his hometown.
He's got a ton of credits, dawg.
He was based in Hollywood
for a while,
and now he's in Detroit, doing
this low-budget indie movie.
Went missing after a big stunt.
- Who posted the reward?
- Girlfriend.
Laura.
- Offering 12K.
- All right.
I'm not too far away.
I'll head there now. Thanks, Randy.
Laura.
You must be Colter Shaw.
Thanks for coming.
So your boyfriend's been missing
since last night?
Yeah. His motorcycle's not on the lot.
The phone goes to voicemail.
He hasn't come home.
He doesn't do this.
Got it.
Does he have any other family?
He's got an ex and a son in his 20s.
The ex hasn't heard from him,
doesn't seem to want to,
and I left a message with his son
to call me if he
gets in contact with him,
but I haven't heard anything back.
- They close, he and his son?
- Not really.
Dalton doesn't visit much, rarely calls.
I don't think he's too happy about it,
but I let it be his thing.
Okay. And the last time anyone saw him
was when he left the lot,
when he walked off the set?
Yeah. I don't know
what made him mad this time,
but he said this production was a mess.
Unsafe, long hours, cutting corners.
He actually said he was gonna
try to get me on this movie,
but after the first day of
shooting, changed his mind.
- You're in the business as well?
- Yeah.
That's kind of how we met.
I do stunt crash driving.
He's a high-fall guy on this production,
but he can do anything else.
Well, he used to.
When we first started working together,
I could tell that he was struggling,
so I brought him to an N.A. meeting.
Was it pain pills?
Pretty common in our line of work.
- Yeah.
- We've all been through it.
Knees, titanium shoulder,
pins in his back.
Is there a chance, maybe, that, um
- your boyfriend relapsed?
- He was fine
when I saw him yesterday.
You know, we-we went to a meeting
first thing in the morning, like always.
Okay. Okay.
What about the, uh
the lot and on set
any-any problems there?
He have any problems with anyone?
Yeah. I-I mean, everyone.
Except maybe the caterers.
You know, he wasn't one
to keep his mouth shut.
Okay. Anybody see anything?
Anybody have, uh, any idea
where he might have gone,
what he might have done?
His stunt partner helped me
sneak onto the lot,
but someone spotted me.
I didn't even get a chance
to see the trailer.
Some rent-a-cop put hands on me,
said he'd call the police
if I tried it again.
Something happened to Ripley
after he walked off set.
These people are hiding something.
I can feel it.
Okay.
I'm gonna poke around,
see what I can find out.
- You got a laminate?
- I didn't know I needed one.
No, you can't Sorry.
No, it-it's a closed set.
Right. Oh, got it. Okay.
I was just looking for, uh, Hale Ripley.
Yeah, no, he's not here.
Do you want to maybe talk
to his department head?
Stunt department, right?
That's Jake Harris.
I can call him.
That's the best I can do.
Jake Harris. Okay.
No, I'm good, actually.
Thank you very much. Appreciate you.
- [PHONE RINGING]
- Oh, uh
Uh, security.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
[PANTING]
Yeah?
Looking for Hale Ripley.
Not here.
- She's cool.
- COLTER: Uh-huh.
Don't worry about it.
[GRUNTING]
Stay down.
Stay there.
- He touch you?
- No.
You take anything?
No. I said I didn't want to.
Come here.
Hey, hey, hey. What the hell is this?
You Jake? You the stunt coordinator?
- Yeah.
- Yeah? Okay.
I don't think you'd like what's
going on inside your trailer here.
You're fired. Go.
Are you okay?
Head to the med tent.
I'll be with you in a second, all right?
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Who the hell are you?
Colter Shaw.
I'm looking for Hale Ripley.
- You a cop?
- I'm not a cop. No.
His girlfriend hired me to find him.
He didn't make it home
from work last night.
Well, he was upset.
He walked off the set.
All right, that last stunt was rough.
Ripley, man, he was
was all over the place.
He was distracted,
kept checking his phone.
I don't know what was going on.
Followed him out to the trailer,
and that just set him off.
Said he was gonna
go talk to the producers.
About the stunt?
- Probably.
- Okay.
These people
they're not the kind of people
you want to piss off.
You got the name of that producer?
Yeah.
RANDY: Okay. Bennett Cranston.
So, a producer on this movie
has priors for racketeering,
intimidation,
and looks like ties
to some organized crime outfit.
So he's washing his money
through his films.
Well, he's not doing it to win
an Oscar, I'll tell you that.
Doesn't seem like the kind of guy
Ripley should've rolled up on.
- No, it does not.
- All right.
Stunt coordinator said that, uh,
Ripley was in his phone all day.
You find anything on that?
Uh
One sec.
[CLICKING TONGUE]
Got nothing.
Maybe he was waiting
on a call that never came?
And where can I find this Cranston guy?
Let me see.
Okay. Looks like production
got him a place
in a fancy high-rise downtown.
Sending a pin your way now.
Got it. Thanks.
Find out who he's working for, will you?
- Oh, you better believe I am.
- Thanks, Randy.
Hey, were you able to set up
that dinner for tonight with Maxine?
Yes, corner table,
7:00 p.m. at The Victor.
- Great.
- You ready?
More or less. More would be better.
Uh, maybe you can
pull together a one-sheet
of where we are with those cases
that she wanted us to look at.
That's already in your inbox,
but I'll make you a copy.
Also, I already finished,
uh, going through the batch
of files that they sent over
last night, so
Look at you, grinding. I love it.
And I binged six episodes of that
Tower of God you put me onto.
After I finished.
I have no idea
what you're talking about.
- I'll tutor you later.
- Mm.
Baby steps.
- Sorry.
- Baby steps.
[LAUGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
You're welcome.
How you doing?
Here to pick up some
film hard drives from, uh
Mister
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Cranston.
Sign in. Suite 610.
COLTER: You say 610?
- Yes.
- All right.
Thank you.
[KNOCKING]
[LOCK CLICKING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪
♪
♪
RANDY: What you got, big C?
Randy, hey. I'm still
at the producer's house.
Looks like Ripley confronted Cranston,
and I don't think things
went well. The place is a mess.
Gonna send you an image right now.
Oof. What do you need?
Wouldn't mind knowing
where they took him.
I can do that.
Okay, Cranston's phone's offline.
What about the two guys
that dragged him out?
Let's see.
Ah.
I'm getting a hit
on one of them: Gage Mueller.
Looks like he's got ties to the same
organized crime gang that Cranston does.
Can you get a location on his phone?
Okay. It's in an industrial zone.
Just sent it to you.
Mm. On my way. Thanks, Randy.
[ENGINE STOPS]
♪
COLTER: Jesus.
[COUGHING]
Where's Ripley?
- I don't know.
- He do this to you?
The dude is off his rocker.
I saw you and your men
drag him out on the surveillance.
How'd he get the upper hand?
I was sending him a message.
I wanted to scare him.
Get him up.
[GRUNTING]
You really should've known better
than to try something like this.
[GRUNTING]
COLTER: He was threatening to
shut down your production, right?
- Working conditions?
- CRANSTON: No.
He wanted his Dodge Charger back.
Why'd you have his car?
'Cause it wasn't his anymore.
I bought it
two years ago, when he bottomed out.
He was desperate for cash.
But he had this Dodge Charger
that he'd customized
with a Hellcat Redeye crate engine.
Worth a fortune.
So he gets the drop on you,
he brings you here and makes you
- give him the car, right?
- Right.
But you don't know where he went?
CRANSTON: I do not know.
[SIGHS]
Uh you can't
just leave us here.
Door's open.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Colter.
Randy, just sent you details
on a car that Ripley took.
Whoa. Custom Dodge Charger.
Hey, if you're gonna boost a whip,
might as well be that one.
Yeah.
Hey, think you can find it?
Can I find it?
Let me see what I can do.
Got a hit on the Charger.
Location's coming your way.
- [PHONE WHOOSHES]
- Got it. Thanks, Randy.
Hi. Sorry. Have you been waiting long?
Uh, just a bit.
I need a drink. What are you having?
Um, uh, nothing, yet.
- Hi.
- Are you ready to order?
Just drinks. Belvedere, triple. Rocks.
And I will have a glass
of rosé, then, please.
- Thank you so much.
- Thanks.
So, um, let's just get into it.
Here are the highlights so far.
Um, there are some informal statements
- that have conflicting
- Great.
Or I'd be happy to talk you
through them, if you'd prefer.
No, I'm sure it's great. I just, um
I don't want to talk
about work right now.
I just
I just need a minute and
that vodka. [SHORT CHUCKLE]
Everything okay?
No.
I just, um
I just got a call
from the credit card company,
flagging a fraudulent charge
at the Radlow Suites.
[CHUCKLES] Oh, my God.
The Radlow.
My husband
and his Pilates instructor
Carli with an I
they ordered cheeseburgers
and Tater Tots.
Wow.
Thank you.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Classic.
- Right?
- Yeah.
I mean, I knew it, but
I didn't know it.
Sometimes it's easier to just
ignore it than admit that there's a
problem.
Uh I would, um,
refer you to a couple
of good divorce attorneys,
but I'm assuming
you already have a list?
Oh, no, I'm not gonna do that.
That's way too easy.
I'm just gonna play along,
fully protect my money and my assets
and then I'm gonna
shoot him in the head.
Figuratively, but maybe literally.
- We'll see.
- [LAUGHS SOFTLY]
You know, I had a client once who
sold her husband's
entire watch collection
on eBay for a dollar.
- Ooh.
- Mm-hmm.
- Now you're talking.
- Mm-hmm.
Any other ideas?
'Cause I want him to hurt,
and slowly.
COLTER: Hey, Laura,
we tracked the Charger location.
I'm almost there,
but it sure seems
Ripley was desperate
to get that car back.
He talked about how much
he loved that Charger.
He did all the work
on it himself, but
I don't know why
he would try to steal it back.
Custom car like that
is worth a lot of money.
He ever mention anything to you
about having money problems?
No. I mean, he lives
paycheck to paycheck.
Never has extra, but he always gets by.
Maybe he's hiding something from you?
Yeah, he's old-fashioned like that.
He likes to pretend
that he can fix everything.
Yeah. All right,
let me see what I can find out.
Thanks, Laura.
♪
- [ENGINE REVS]
- [TIRES SCREECHING]
[WOMAN SHOUTS]
[MAN SHOUTS]
[ENGINE REVS]
[MAN CALLS OUT]
♪
[MAN WHOOPING]
♪
♪
[ENGINES IDLING]
[ENGINE IDLING]
- Whoa. Where'd you come from?
- You all right?
Yeah. Yeah, no.
That was that was awesome, bro.
That was friggin' lit, dude.
Oh, I almost had it.
Hey, you want to go again?
No. No, I do not want to go again.
Where'd you get this car?
Oh, I just picked it up.
Yeah, I-I got a killer deal on it, too.
Hale Ripley sell you this car?
Yeah.
Does he race out here often?
No, I mean
I mean, his kid is a regular,
but, uh, this is the first time
I've seen the old man.
Yeah, he he showed up,
he just smoked us.
So, his kid races out here.
Yeah, I mean,
Dalton's pretty mid, but
hey,
I don't mind taking money off of him.
Think he's in some kind of, uh,
money problems? He got money issues?
He definitely loses
a lot more than he wins.
What about Ripley he win any money?
How much did he win?
Well, he took down three races today,
so that's that's got
to be 25 grand, easy.
Then he said he needed to sell the car,
- no questions asked.
- Okay.
You know where he went from here?
Nah, bro. He just
took the cash and he booked.
You're okay?
- Think so.
- All right.
Be safe, all right?
Okay. [SIGHS]
So, you've been
listening to me all night.
You got to give me something.
There's nothing to give.
Officially, I am not seeing someone.
And the last one was
It ended pretty complicated, so
Hey, thank you.
All right, so give me details.
Elliott.
That's it?
That's all you're gonna give me?
We had a good thing going
for a while, you know?
Who ended it?
Nobody, really.
He was shot, I was abducted,
and then I watched someone
executed right in front of me.
But you probably
already knew that, didn't you?
- I didn't know the details, but
- Mm.
yeah, I mean,
I heard a little bit of it.
Well, then, you get it.
You can't really go back to,
"Hey, you want to grab
dinner and a movie?"
after all that, so
So, what about you?
Honestly, I'm fine.
I'm much better than I was.
Work is great, you know,
I'm surrounded by great people,
and you throw in a couple of drinks
and a one-night stand
every once in a while
and your girl couldn't be
any happier. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Reenie.
We're lawyers.
We read people for a living.
I went through something horrible,
and it was really, really hard.
And then I had to move on.
I know, it's just that when people
tell me they're happy,
I don't really believe them.
Because nobody's ever really
completely happy, you know?
That's true.
That's true.
But I'm good.
Really. I'm fine.
Randy, did you get my text?
Ripley's been racing the Charger
'cause he needs cash.
I think it's his son Dalton
who's having money issues.
Hmm.
Let's see.
You are correct.
Looks like he's been wiring
his son Dalton some money.
Thousands of dollars
here and there, more frequently
- over the last few months.
- Okay. What do you got on him?
Seeing a steady stream
of payments to online poker
and sports betting.
He owes back taxes,
pending garnishments, credit
cards maxed out,
unpaid tickets.
And he's got liens on his
bank accounts from bad loans.
So, Dalton gets in too deep, right?
So his dad starts racing,
makes some money,
then sells the Charger
to bail his son out.
Okay, so, Ripley gets the money,
pays the debt, end of story, right?
Yeah, I don't know about that.
He's had the money for,
what, a couple hours now.
Right? I think he would have
told Laura if it was over.
We're missing something.
I-I've been doing through
his social media here.
Looks like he runs with a crew.
Hold on, let me see.
So, Dalton's a stunt guy, too.
Must be a family business.
I see what you mean about the crew.
Let me run some names.
Yep. All coming up stunt guys.
With a lot of criminal records.
Theft, carjacking, assault.
So, he's in heavy with this crew. Okay.
I need to talk to somebody
who knows this world.
Yeah, no doubt.
Yo, Virgil.
What's this?
It's for my son, man.
I don't know what you got him
into this time, Virgil,
but this money it buys him out.
I'm serious, man.
You and my boy
you are completely done.
It's too late for that.
This thing's already going down.
And besides, even if I let Dalton out,
I'm still gonna need a driver.
I'll do it.
You're gonna take his place?
Okay.
But if you step in,
you better follow through.
There's no turning back.
Yeah, I know, man.
And I got it.
But if you screw this up for us,
your son is a dead man.
So, I think your boyfriend is involved
in some pretty dangerous stuff.
I think he was trying
to protect his son.
LAURA: Ripley never
said anything about it.
I didn't know
he and Dalton were so close.
Did you know that Dalton was
running with a pretty dangerous crew?
No. No, I didn't.
Take a look at this right here.
Tell me if you remember or
recognize any of these guys.
Hmm.
Yeah, a few of them.
All wild and unprofessional.
Um, this guy, Virgil Dean,
he's a hand-to-hand combat guy,
same as Dalton.
But I've seen him cross the line,
put a guy in the ER.
Is this who Dalton's mixed up with?
I think so. This guy's got a record?
Yeah.
Word is he has a smash-and-grab
crew on the side.
That's got to be
what they're caught up in.
Take a look at these photos here.
You recognize where this place is?
There's a lot of photos
of all them there.
Yeah, it's an abandoned
warehouse by the river.
I went to a party there once,
wasn't my scene, left.
Okay. I need to go check it out.
I'm going with.
I know this group. I can help.
Okay, yeah. Let's go.
Okay.
♪
[QUIET, INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[ENGINES REVVING IN DISTANCE]
Hey, man. What's going on?
- You can't be in here.
- Yeah, I know, but I got lost,
and so, I just thought that
There it is.
[GRUNTS]
Nice.
You got it?
Transit times.
Delivery routes?
What are they planning?
They're gonna knock off an armored car.
- What?
- [THUD IN DISTANCE]
[MAN GRUNTING IN DISTANCE]
[DISTANT THUD]
Dalton.
- [MUFFLED GRUNTING]
- Dalton, it's okay.
Okay? I'm here to help.
[GASPS, PANTING]
Laura.
Who's this?
He's helping me find your dad.
Was he here?
Uh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, um
They tied me up and left with him.
They're gonna knock off
an armored truck.
Virgil's in way over his head.
I-I owed him money.
And he told me
I had to be his getaway driver.
Tell your dad?
I didn't know what else to do.
He was about to film a big stunt,
but he told me to just
stay low and let him deal with it.
Your dad tried to pay off your debt,
but the money wasn't enough,
so he took your place
as the getaway driver.
Okay, we'll call the police
on the way, we don't
- have time to waste.
- Uh, wait, wait, um
Let me help.
All right, listen, you know,
we're gonna do it my way, okay?
You do everything I say. You understand?
- Got it.
- Good.
Let's get to them
before they get to that truck.
Come on. Can you move?
Yeah, but I think they cracked a rib.
Here we go. Come on, let's go.
Less than a minute to go.
Get ready, boys.
Man, this is not gonna go down
the way you think it is, Virgil.
It is not too late for any of you guys.
Come on, Virgil.
We're on.
Listen.
Don't forget what happens
if you blow this.
You'll never see Dalton again, okay?
So, shut up and drive, Pops.
Let's go boys.
[ENGINE STARTS]
There they are.
Hang on.
Come on.
- VIRGIL: Let's go.
- Yo!
- Move! Move. Move.
- Get 'em out.
- Get 'em out.
- I got you. Go, go,
go, go. Move, move.
Get out. Come on, come on,
get out, get out.
- Get your keys.
- Get 'em out!
Move! Move! Open the back.
- Cover!
- Open the back. Come on.
Let's go. Get in there.
Come on. Stay here, okay?
Yeah.
[CHATTER CONTINUES IN DISTANCE]
VIRGIL: Get in there.
Move! Get some coverage.
[CHATTER CONTINUING]
Come on.
Move!
Aah! [GROANING]
Where'd he go? Where'd he go?
Eyes up!
There! Move.
[GRUNTS]
VIRGIL: There he is,
right there, right there!
Stay down.
Come on. Come on, get up.
- [GROANING]
- Come on. Come on.
Come on, come on, come on. Go.
Stay here, okay? Don't move.
[GRUNTING]
Nobody move! Get down.
You stay down.
- Dad, Dad, D
- I will shoot him.
- DALTON: Dad?
- RIPLEY: Dalton!
- Put your hands up.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Son, do what he says.
- Do what he says, son.
- Don't make me shoot him.
- Hear me?! I will
- Okay, okay, okay
- Shut up!
- Just do what he says.
Stay down. Nobody move.
Stay down. Come on.
- Come on, Virgil, come on
- Dalton, put your hands in the air,
and back to the barrel.
Do not make me shoot him.
Stay down, and no one else gets hurt,
- RIPLEY: Come on, come on
- or I will shoot this man.
I will shoot him. Do you understand me?
Do what he says, just get back.
- Come on, man, just come on.
- Don't move!
Shut up!
[GRUNTS]
[LAURA PANTING] Okay.
Okay.
[GRUNTS]
[DALTON GROANING]
LAURA: You're okay. [PANTING]
- [CRYING SOFTLY]
- I got you, I got you.
I got you.
♪
[PANTING]
♪
[SHOUTS]
[ELEVATOR BELL CHIMES]
- Hey, man. Come on in.
- Thanks.
- Laura told me you were coming.
- Hmm.
Hey, Laura.
Yo, you want a beer?
- Nah.
- It's, um, they're fake,
- but it's either that or water, so
- I'm good.
I'm good. Thank you, though.
I got to hit the road soon,
so
Yeah, I know how that is.
[SIGHS] Look, man, um,
I really didn't mean
to drag you into all this.
Maybe I should have went
to the cops earlier,
I don't know, just
I was just looking out for my boy.
You're his dad.
You don't have
to explain yourself. I get it.
I still feel like I owe you, though.
I owe you.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
You know, I don't know how this
would have gone without you.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
It was a team effort, though. Really.
So, what's next for you two?
- I got a gig.
- Mm-hmm.
Laying down a bike. Only, I am
getting paid this time.
- Okay.
- RIPLEY: Me, I'm gonna sit right here
and not do anything,
stay out of trouble.
- You might actually enjoy that.
- You know, actually, um,
me and boy are gonna
take the Charger out.
Have a little alone time. One-on-one.
So, the Charger you got that back?
Yeah. Yeah, the guy I sold it to
he took the same price for it as is.
Just wants some
free driving lessons on top.
All right. So, it all worked out.
It did.
Can you do me a favor?
Will you please take care of each other?
Be safe.
Take care.
[GRUNTING]
No!
Cut. Damn it.
- We didn't get the shot.
- [BELL RINGING]
I told you he has to fall
out of the frame.
You can't track him to the pad.
Let's do it again.
No, man. Give me a second.
Uh, hey, Rip,
you good to go again or not?
No, not with this pad.
It's too hard. It's
[SIGHS] It's too old.
I'm not doing this again, bro.
- Hey, you said he was a pro.
- Yeah, let me see what I can do.
Yeah, just get him back or after
this week you're both done.
Yeah.
Rip.
Oh, my God.
♪
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Randy, what do you got?
Yo, Colt Seavers.
Fall Guy.
You know it. See?
I knew you would, too. Lee Majors, baby.
Listen, I'm just calling to see
if you're digging that job
that I sent you.
Missing stuntman.
Yeah. Hale Ripley.
Listen, I'm kind of
a big fan of this guy.
He's one of the first Black stuntmen
to make it out of his hometown.
He's got a ton of credits, dawg.
He was based in Hollywood
for a while,
and now he's in Detroit, doing
this low-budget indie movie.
Went missing after a big stunt.
- Who posted the reward?
- Girlfriend.
Laura.
- Offering 12K.
- All right.
I'm not too far away.
I'll head there now. Thanks, Randy.
Laura.
You must be Colter Shaw.
Thanks for coming.
So your boyfriend's been missing
since last night?
Yeah. His motorcycle's not on the lot.
The phone goes to voicemail.
He hasn't come home.
He doesn't do this.
Got it.
Does he have any other family?
He's got an ex and a son in his 20s.
The ex hasn't heard from him,
doesn't seem to want to,
and I left a message with his son
to call me if he
gets in contact with him,
but I haven't heard anything back.
- They close, he and his son?
- Not really.
Dalton doesn't visit much, rarely calls.
I don't think he's too happy about it,
but I let it be his thing.
Okay. And the last time anyone saw him
was when he left the lot,
when he walked off the set?
Yeah. I don't know
what made him mad this time,
but he said this production was a mess.
Unsafe, long hours, cutting corners.
He actually said he was gonna
try to get me on this movie,
but after the first day of
shooting, changed his mind.
- You're in the business as well?
- Yeah.
That's kind of how we met.
I do stunt crash driving.
He's a high-fall guy on this production,
but he can do anything else.
Well, he used to.
When we first started working together,
I could tell that he was struggling,
so I brought him to an N.A. meeting.
Was it pain pills?
Pretty common in our line of work.
- Yeah.
- We've all been through it.
Knees, titanium shoulder,
pins in his back.
Is there a chance, maybe, that, um
- your boyfriend relapsed?
- He was fine
when I saw him yesterday.
You know, we-we went to a meeting
first thing in the morning, like always.
Okay. Okay.
What about the, uh
the lot and on set
any-any problems there?
He have any problems with anyone?
Yeah. I-I mean, everyone.
Except maybe the caterers.
You know, he wasn't one
to keep his mouth shut.
Okay. Anybody see anything?
Anybody have, uh, any idea
where he might have gone,
what he might have done?
His stunt partner helped me
sneak onto the lot,
but someone spotted me.
I didn't even get a chance
to see the trailer.
Some rent-a-cop put hands on me,
said he'd call the police
if I tried it again.
Something happened to Ripley
after he walked off set.
These people are hiding something.
I can feel it.
Okay.
I'm gonna poke around,
see what I can find out.
- You got a laminate?
- I didn't know I needed one.
No, you can't Sorry.
No, it-it's a closed set.
Right. Oh, got it. Okay.
I was just looking for, uh, Hale Ripley.
Yeah, no, he's not here.
Do you want to maybe talk
to his department head?
Stunt department, right?
That's Jake Harris.
I can call him.
That's the best I can do.
Jake Harris. Okay.
No, I'm good, actually.
Thank you very much. Appreciate you.
- [PHONE RINGING]
- Oh, uh
Uh, security.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
[PANTING]
Yeah?
Looking for Hale Ripley.
Not here.
- She's cool.
- COLTER: Uh-huh.
Don't worry about it.
[GRUNTING]
Stay down.
Stay there.
- He touch you?
- No.
You take anything?
No. I said I didn't want to.
Come here.
Hey, hey, hey. What the hell is this?
You Jake? You the stunt coordinator?
- Yeah.
- Yeah? Okay.
I don't think you'd like what's
going on inside your trailer here.
You're fired. Go.
Are you okay?
Head to the med tent.
I'll be with you in a second, all right?
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Who the hell are you?
Colter Shaw.
I'm looking for Hale Ripley.
- You a cop?
- I'm not a cop. No.
His girlfriend hired me to find him.
He didn't make it home
from work last night.
Well, he was upset.
He walked off the set.
All right, that last stunt was rough.
Ripley, man, he was
was all over the place.
He was distracted,
kept checking his phone.
I don't know what was going on.
Followed him out to the trailer,
and that just set him off.
Said he was gonna
go talk to the producers.
About the stunt?
- Probably.
- Okay.
These people
they're not the kind of people
you want to piss off.
You got the name of that producer?
Yeah.
RANDY: Okay. Bennett Cranston.
So, a producer on this movie
has priors for racketeering,
intimidation,
and looks like ties
to some organized crime outfit.
So he's washing his money
through his films.
Well, he's not doing it to win
an Oscar, I'll tell you that.
Doesn't seem like the kind of guy
Ripley should've rolled up on.
- No, it does not.
- All right.
Stunt coordinator said that, uh,
Ripley was in his phone all day.
You find anything on that?
Uh
One sec.
[CLICKING TONGUE]
Got nothing.
Maybe he was waiting
on a call that never came?
And where can I find this Cranston guy?
Let me see.
Okay. Looks like production
got him a place
in a fancy high-rise downtown.
Sending a pin your way now.
Got it. Thanks.
Find out who he's working for, will you?
- Oh, you better believe I am.
- Thanks, Randy.
Hey, were you able to set up
that dinner for tonight with Maxine?
Yes, corner table,
7:00 p.m. at The Victor.
- Great.
- You ready?
More or less. More would be better.
Uh, maybe you can
pull together a one-sheet
of where we are with those cases
that she wanted us to look at.
That's already in your inbox,
but I'll make you a copy.
Also, I already finished,
uh, going through the batch
of files that they sent over
last night, so
Look at you, grinding. I love it.
And I binged six episodes of that
Tower of God you put me onto.
After I finished.
I have no idea
what you're talking about.
- I'll tutor you later.
- Mm.
Baby steps.
- Sorry.
- Baby steps.
[LAUGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
You're welcome.
How you doing?
Here to pick up some
film hard drives from, uh
Mister
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Cranston.
Sign in. Suite 610.
COLTER: You say 610?
- Yes.
- All right.
Thank you.
[KNOCKING]
[LOCK CLICKING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪
♪
♪
RANDY: What you got, big C?
Randy, hey. I'm still
at the producer's house.
Looks like Ripley confronted Cranston,
and I don't think things
went well. The place is a mess.
Gonna send you an image right now.
Oof. What do you need?
Wouldn't mind knowing
where they took him.
I can do that.
Okay, Cranston's phone's offline.
What about the two guys
that dragged him out?
Let's see.
Ah.
I'm getting a hit
on one of them: Gage Mueller.
Looks like he's got ties to the same
organized crime gang that Cranston does.
Can you get a location on his phone?
Okay. It's in an industrial zone.
Just sent it to you.
Mm. On my way. Thanks, Randy.
[ENGINE STOPS]
♪
COLTER: Jesus.
[COUGHING]
Where's Ripley?
- I don't know.
- He do this to you?
The dude is off his rocker.
I saw you and your men
drag him out on the surveillance.
How'd he get the upper hand?
I was sending him a message.
I wanted to scare him.
Get him up.
[GRUNTING]
You really should've known better
than to try something like this.
[GRUNTING]
COLTER: He was threatening to
shut down your production, right?
- Working conditions?
- CRANSTON: No.
He wanted his Dodge Charger back.
Why'd you have his car?
'Cause it wasn't his anymore.
I bought it
two years ago, when he bottomed out.
He was desperate for cash.
But he had this Dodge Charger
that he'd customized
with a Hellcat Redeye crate engine.
Worth a fortune.
So he gets the drop on you,
he brings you here and makes you
- give him the car, right?
- Right.
But you don't know where he went?
CRANSTON: I do not know.
[SIGHS]
Uh you can't
just leave us here.
Door's open.
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Colter.
Randy, just sent you details
on a car that Ripley took.
Whoa. Custom Dodge Charger.
Hey, if you're gonna boost a whip,
might as well be that one.
Yeah.
Hey, think you can find it?
Can I find it?
Let me see what I can do.
Got a hit on the Charger.
Location's coming your way.
- [PHONE WHOOSHES]
- Got it. Thanks, Randy.
Hi. Sorry. Have you been waiting long?
Uh, just a bit.
I need a drink. What are you having?
Um, uh, nothing, yet.
- Hi.
- Are you ready to order?
Just drinks. Belvedere, triple. Rocks.
And I will have a glass
of rosé, then, please.
- Thank you so much.
- Thanks.
So, um, let's just get into it.
Here are the highlights so far.
Um, there are some informal statements
- that have conflicting
- Great.
Or I'd be happy to talk you
through them, if you'd prefer.
No, I'm sure it's great. I just, um
I don't want to talk
about work right now.
I just
I just need a minute and
that vodka. [SHORT CHUCKLE]
Everything okay?
No.
I just, um
I just got a call
from the credit card company,
flagging a fraudulent charge
at the Radlow Suites.
[CHUCKLES] Oh, my God.
The Radlow.
My husband
and his Pilates instructor
Carli with an I
they ordered cheeseburgers
and Tater Tots.
Wow.
Thank you.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Classic.
- Right?
- Yeah.
I mean, I knew it, but
I didn't know it.
Sometimes it's easier to just
ignore it than admit that there's a
problem.
Uh I would, um,
refer you to a couple
of good divorce attorneys,
but I'm assuming
you already have a list?
Oh, no, I'm not gonna do that.
That's way too easy.
I'm just gonna play along,
fully protect my money and my assets
and then I'm gonna
shoot him in the head.
Figuratively, but maybe literally.
- We'll see.
- [LAUGHS SOFTLY]
You know, I had a client once who
sold her husband's
entire watch collection
on eBay for a dollar.
- Ooh.
- Mm-hmm.
- Now you're talking.
- Mm-hmm.
Any other ideas?
'Cause I want him to hurt,
and slowly.
COLTER: Hey, Laura,
we tracked the Charger location.
I'm almost there,
but it sure seems
Ripley was desperate
to get that car back.
He talked about how much
he loved that Charger.
He did all the work
on it himself, but
I don't know why
he would try to steal it back.
Custom car like that
is worth a lot of money.
He ever mention anything to you
about having money problems?
No. I mean, he lives
paycheck to paycheck.
Never has extra, but he always gets by.
Maybe he's hiding something from you?
Yeah, he's old-fashioned like that.
He likes to pretend
that he can fix everything.
Yeah. All right,
let me see what I can find out.
Thanks, Laura.
♪
- [ENGINE REVS]
- [TIRES SCREECHING]
[WOMAN SHOUTS]
[MAN SHOUTS]
[ENGINE REVS]
[MAN CALLS OUT]
♪
[MAN WHOOPING]
♪
♪
[ENGINES IDLING]
[ENGINE IDLING]
- Whoa. Where'd you come from?
- You all right?
Yeah. Yeah, no.
That was that was awesome, bro.
That was friggin' lit, dude.
Oh, I almost had it.
Hey, you want to go again?
No. No, I do not want to go again.
Where'd you get this car?
Oh, I just picked it up.
Yeah, I-I got a killer deal on it, too.
Hale Ripley sell you this car?
Yeah.
Does he race out here often?
No, I mean
I mean, his kid is a regular,
but, uh, this is the first time
I've seen the old man.
Yeah, he he showed up,
he just smoked us.
So, his kid races out here.
Yeah, I mean,
Dalton's pretty mid, but
hey,
I don't mind taking money off of him.
Think he's in some kind of, uh,
money problems? He got money issues?
He definitely loses
a lot more than he wins.
What about Ripley he win any money?
How much did he win?
Well, he took down three races today,
so that's that's got
to be 25 grand, easy.
Then he said he needed to sell the car,
- no questions asked.
- Okay.
You know where he went from here?
Nah, bro. He just
took the cash and he booked.
You're okay?
- Think so.
- All right.
Be safe, all right?
Okay. [SIGHS]
So, you've been
listening to me all night.
You got to give me something.
There's nothing to give.
Officially, I am not seeing someone.
And the last one was
It ended pretty complicated, so
Hey, thank you.
All right, so give me details.
Elliott.
That's it?
That's all you're gonna give me?
We had a good thing going
for a while, you know?
Who ended it?
Nobody, really.
He was shot, I was abducted,
and then I watched someone
executed right in front of me.
But you probably
already knew that, didn't you?
- I didn't know the details, but
- Mm.
yeah, I mean,
I heard a little bit of it.
Well, then, you get it.
You can't really go back to,
"Hey, you want to grab
dinner and a movie?"
after all that, so
So, what about you?
Honestly, I'm fine.
I'm much better than I was.
Work is great, you know,
I'm surrounded by great people,
and you throw in a couple of drinks
and a one-night stand
every once in a while
and your girl couldn't be
any happier. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Reenie.
We're lawyers.
We read people for a living.
I went through something horrible,
and it was really, really hard.
And then I had to move on.
I know, it's just that when people
tell me they're happy,
I don't really believe them.
Because nobody's ever really
completely happy, you know?
That's true.
That's true.
But I'm good.
Really. I'm fine.
Randy, did you get my text?
Ripley's been racing the Charger
'cause he needs cash.
I think it's his son Dalton
who's having money issues.
Hmm.
Let's see.
You are correct.
Looks like he's been wiring
his son Dalton some money.
Thousands of dollars
here and there, more frequently
- over the last few months.
- Okay. What do you got on him?
Seeing a steady stream
of payments to online poker
and sports betting.
He owes back taxes,
pending garnishments, credit
cards maxed out,
unpaid tickets.
And he's got liens on his
bank accounts from bad loans.
So, Dalton gets in too deep, right?
So his dad starts racing,
makes some money,
then sells the Charger
to bail his son out.
Okay, so, Ripley gets the money,
pays the debt, end of story, right?
Yeah, I don't know about that.
He's had the money for,
what, a couple hours now.
Right? I think he would have
told Laura if it was over.
We're missing something.
I-I've been doing through
his social media here.
Looks like he runs with a crew.
Hold on, let me see.
So, Dalton's a stunt guy, too.
Must be a family business.
I see what you mean about the crew.
Let me run some names.
Yep. All coming up stunt guys.
With a lot of criminal records.
Theft, carjacking, assault.
So, he's in heavy with this crew. Okay.
I need to talk to somebody
who knows this world.
Yeah, no doubt.
Yo, Virgil.
What's this?
It's for my son, man.
I don't know what you got him
into this time, Virgil,
but this money it buys him out.
I'm serious, man.
You and my boy
you are completely done.
It's too late for that.
This thing's already going down.
And besides, even if I let Dalton out,
I'm still gonna need a driver.
I'll do it.
You're gonna take his place?
Okay.
But if you step in,
you better follow through.
There's no turning back.
Yeah, I know, man.
And I got it.
But if you screw this up for us,
your son is a dead man.
So, I think your boyfriend is involved
in some pretty dangerous stuff.
I think he was trying
to protect his son.
LAURA: Ripley never
said anything about it.
I didn't know
he and Dalton were so close.
Did you know that Dalton was
running with a pretty dangerous crew?
No. No, I didn't.
Take a look at this right here.
Tell me if you remember or
recognize any of these guys.
Hmm.
Yeah, a few of them.
All wild and unprofessional.
Um, this guy, Virgil Dean,
he's a hand-to-hand combat guy,
same as Dalton.
But I've seen him cross the line,
put a guy in the ER.
Is this who Dalton's mixed up with?
I think so. This guy's got a record?
Yeah.
Word is he has a smash-and-grab
crew on the side.
That's got to be
what they're caught up in.
Take a look at these photos here.
You recognize where this place is?
There's a lot of photos
of all them there.
Yeah, it's an abandoned
warehouse by the river.
I went to a party there once,
wasn't my scene, left.
Okay. I need to go check it out.
I'm going with.
I know this group. I can help.
Okay, yeah. Let's go.
Okay.
♪
[QUIET, INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[ENGINES REVVING IN DISTANCE]
Hey, man. What's going on?
- You can't be in here.
- Yeah, I know, but I got lost,
and so, I just thought that
There it is.
[GRUNTS]
Nice.
You got it?
Transit times.
Delivery routes?
What are they planning?
They're gonna knock off an armored car.
- What?
- [THUD IN DISTANCE]
[MAN GRUNTING IN DISTANCE]
[DISTANT THUD]
Dalton.
- [MUFFLED GRUNTING]
- Dalton, it's okay.
Okay? I'm here to help.
[GASPS, PANTING]
Laura.
Who's this?
He's helping me find your dad.
Was he here?
Uh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, um
They tied me up and left with him.
They're gonna knock off
an armored truck.
Virgil's in way over his head.
I-I owed him money.
And he told me
I had to be his getaway driver.
Tell your dad?
I didn't know what else to do.
He was about to film a big stunt,
but he told me to just
stay low and let him deal with it.
Your dad tried to pay off your debt,
but the money wasn't enough,
so he took your place
as the getaway driver.
Okay, we'll call the police
on the way, we don't
- have time to waste.
- Uh, wait, wait, um
Let me help.
All right, listen, you know,
we're gonna do it my way, okay?
You do everything I say. You understand?
- Got it.
- Good.
Let's get to them
before they get to that truck.
Come on. Can you move?
Yeah, but I think they cracked a rib.
Here we go. Come on, let's go.
Less than a minute to go.
Get ready, boys.
Man, this is not gonna go down
the way you think it is, Virgil.
It is not too late for any of you guys.
Come on, Virgil.
We're on.
Listen.
Don't forget what happens
if you blow this.
You'll never see Dalton again, okay?
So, shut up and drive, Pops.
Let's go boys.
[ENGINE STARTS]
There they are.
Hang on.
Come on.
- VIRGIL: Let's go.
- Yo!
- Move! Move. Move.
- Get 'em out.
- Get 'em out.
- I got you. Go, go,
go, go. Move, move.
Get out. Come on, come on,
get out, get out.
- Get your keys.
- Get 'em out!
Move! Move! Open the back.
- Cover!
- Open the back. Come on.
Let's go. Get in there.
Come on. Stay here, okay?
Yeah.
[CHATTER CONTINUES IN DISTANCE]
VIRGIL: Get in there.
Move! Get some coverage.
[CHATTER CONTINUING]
Come on.
Move!
Aah! [GROANING]
Where'd he go? Where'd he go?
Eyes up!
There! Move.
[GRUNTS]
VIRGIL: There he is,
right there, right there!
Stay down.
Come on. Come on, get up.
- [GROANING]
- Come on. Come on.
Come on, come on, come on. Go.
Stay here, okay? Don't move.
[GRUNTING]
Nobody move! Get down.
You stay down.
- Dad, Dad, D
- I will shoot him.
- DALTON: Dad?
- RIPLEY: Dalton!
- Put your hands up.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Son, do what he says.
- Do what he says, son.
- Don't make me shoot him.
- Hear me?! I will
- Okay, okay, okay
- Shut up!
- Just do what he says.
Stay down. Nobody move.
Stay down. Come on.
- Come on, Virgil, come on
- Dalton, put your hands in the air,
and back to the barrel.
Do not make me shoot him.
Stay down, and no one else gets hurt,
- RIPLEY: Come on, come on
- or I will shoot this man.
I will shoot him. Do you understand me?
Do what he says, just get back.
- Come on, man, just come on.
- Don't move!
Shut up!
[GRUNTS]
[LAURA PANTING] Okay.
Okay.
[GRUNTS]
[DALTON GROANING]
LAURA: You're okay. [PANTING]
- [CRYING SOFTLY]
- I got you, I got you.
I got you.
♪
[PANTING]
♪
[SHOUTS]
[ELEVATOR BELL CHIMES]
- Hey, man. Come on in.
- Thanks.
- Laura told me you were coming.
- Hmm.
Hey, Laura.
Yo, you want a beer?
- Nah.
- It's, um, they're fake,
- but it's either that or water, so
- I'm good.
I'm good. Thank you, though.
I got to hit the road soon,
so
Yeah, I know how that is.
[SIGHS] Look, man, um,
I really didn't mean
to drag you into all this.
Maybe I should have went
to the cops earlier,
I don't know, just
I was just looking out for my boy.
You're his dad.
You don't have
to explain yourself. I get it.
I still feel like I owe you, though.
I owe you.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
You know, I don't know how this
would have gone without you.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
It was a team effort, though. Really.
So, what's next for you two?
- I got a gig.
- Mm-hmm.
Laying down a bike. Only, I am
getting paid this time.
- Okay.
- RIPLEY: Me, I'm gonna sit right here
and not do anything,
stay out of trouble.
- You might actually enjoy that.
- You know, actually, um,
me and boy are gonna
take the Charger out.
Have a little alone time. One-on-one.
So, the Charger you got that back?
Yeah. Yeah, the guy I sold it to
he took the same price for it as is.
Just wants some
free driving lessons on top.
All right. So, it all worked out.
It did.
Can you do me a favor?
Will you please take care of each other?
Be safe.
Take care.